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In addition, $10 million will fund brain injury research as well as safety and education programs. [75] The settlement says it should not be interpreted as a statement of legal liability on the part of the NFL. [76]
The NFL supposedly hid the long-term effects of concussions. The NFL didn't admit to hiding anything, but they gave money to retired NFL football players who suffered from brain-related injuries from football. [37] On August 30, 2013, the NFL reached a $765 million settlement with the former NFL players over the head injuries. [38]
Over a 13-year period from September 1989 to June 2002, there were 94 players who sustained catastrophic head injuries—8 of these players died as a result of the injury, 46 sustained permanent neurological damage, and 36 made a full recovery. 56% of these players had a history of head injuries, 71% of them occurring in the same season as ...
Brain injury victim also gets settlement. The Badger children won’t be the first people featured in “Cashed Out” to receive a settlement after alleged abuses by structured settlement ...
NEW CITY — A construction worker who suffered a debilitating brain injury has received a $44 million settlement from his family's legal action against several companies.
After CTE was first diagnosed in 2002 in the brain tissue of Mike Webster, [149] brain donation for specialized autopsies to check for CTE have become more available. [150] A cohort mortality study run by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) examined 3,349 NFL players who played at least five full seasons from 1959 ...
On January 23, 2013, Seau's family sued the NFL over the brain injuries he had over his career. [74] In 2014, his family continued to pursue the lawsuit while opting out of the NFL concussion lawsuit's proposed settlement, which was initially funded with $765 million. [75] The family reached a confidential settlement with the league in 2018.
Verizon settlement payments have started hitting customers' bank accounts as part of a $100 million resolution of a class-action lawsuit. Eligible customers had until April 15 to claim their share ...